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WEB CARRIED TOOTHPICK DISPENSER

  • US 3,709,403 A
  • Filed: 08/05/1971
  • Issued: 01/09/1973
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/05/1971
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for dispensing wrapped toothpicks from a supply web of protective material within which the toothpicks are sealed in spaced parallel relation transversely of the web, the web having partial transverse cuts to provide lines of severance defining sealed toothpick packages, said apparatus comprising a casing for containing the web, the casing having access opening at which the central portion of a toothpick package is exposed, a guideway for the web to and past the access opening of the casing, the casing having an opening the full width of the web and communicating with the access opening, said guideway having laterally spaced portions which engage portions of the web on each side of the access opening, and package detaching means pivotally mounted rearwardly of the web on each side of the access opening, said pivotally mounted means having first end portions extending into the path of an advancing first toothpick to rock the pivotally mounted meaNs upon withdrawing the exposed toothpick package along the guideway toward the full width opening, said detaching means having second end portions movable into the path of the toothpick of the following package to stop the advance thereof and sever the web between packages when the pivotally mounted detaching means has been rocked by the withdrawal of the first toothpick package.

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